Steve is a partner and Head of Creative, Digital and Marketing sector at BLM law firm in Manchester. He specialises in Intellectual Property, Media, Social Media, Marketing and Privacy Law. He works mainly in the Media, Digital, Creative, Film, Television, Publishing, Advertising and PR sectors.

He’s a regular media spokesperson, and has given interviews to the local and national press through BBC Breakfast, Sky News, ITV, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and LBC London. He’s been featured in the Times, Financial Times, Daily Star, Manchester Evening News, GM Business Week, Computer Weekly, PR Week, Insider, Credit Today, Information World Review, Prolific North, Sky Movie News, UK Screen, Financial Director, TSG Life and OUT-LAW.

Steve’s first Book, “Legal Issues of Web 2.0 and Social Media”, was published in June 2010, and his second “Legal Issues Of Corporate Communication in the Online World” in July 2011.

In this episode we discuss the legal arenas that face creators, particularly copyright, distribution and areas that often affect creatives in the business side of the creative industries.